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Lentil and Walnut Pâté

I know we’ve found a great recipe when within the span of a week we’ve made it twice.

As it must be clear – this vegan pâté is one of those recipes. Several years ago, during a trip to Montreal, we went out for brunch at a vegan restaurant called Aux Vivres. We ended up coming back to eat there twice more before we left as the food was so incredible and this is what I loved about it – it wasn’t incredible for Vegan food (as neither myself nor Fabio are Vegan) it was just fantastic food. One of the appetizers we had during one of our visits really stuck with me and every once in a while I go on a search online for something comparable. It was a vegan pâté served with french bread and pickles. It was so good, and somehow I could not decipher what any of the actual ingredients were.

Fast forward – now 3 years – and during a weekend morning spent surfing Vimeo for food related videos I found a company called ‘the real vegan’ that specialized in making something called Faux Gras and while it was made entirely with plant based foods it was often mistaken for the texture and flavor of real pâté – the video gave away a few of the secret ingredients – mostly japanese condiments – Mirin, Umeboshi plum paste, and miso and I was intrigued so I googled those ingredients and lo and behold, through the magic of the internet I found exactly what I had been looking for since our lunch at Aux Vivres 3 years ago in Montreal.

We’ve made this twice this week, and while I am sure it will run its course and stop being a daily indulgence I know we will return to this recipe over and over again. This is why we started this blog, this is a recipe to share. Enjoy!